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Palm 755p Burgundy Smartphone (Sprint)
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Product Description
All in one Palm OS Smart Device. Save an extra $130 on this phone -- already included in the instant savings below.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6608 in Cell Phone Accessories
- Color: Burgundy
- Brand: Palm
- Model: 755p
- Released on: 2007-07-17
Features
- Where coverage is available, experience broadband–like download speeds using EV-DO technology. The average download speeds range from 400 to 700 Kbps with peak rates up to 2 Mbps
- Enjoy full-color video clips or live TV of the latest news, sports, and entertainment from brands you know like CNN, FOX, The Weather Channel and more
- Wirelessly access the web and popular commercial accounts email accounts like AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo!
- Documents to Go® version 8.0 offers Microsoft® Office compatibility. Download, view, and edit Word, Excel files. You can also view PowerPoint presentations and PDF files
- Includes: Li-Ion Battery, AC Travel Charger with Adapter, USB Data Cable and Headset
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
Combining the software and features of the Treo 700p with the slimmer, antenna-less 680/750 form-factor, the Palm 755p from Sprint handles everything you want from a smartphone--direct push email (via Microsoft Direct Push Technology), powerful PIM organization, multimedia playback, and still photo and video capture. It operates on Sprint's North American CDMA voice network, as well as on Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO), which enables you to quickly access audio, video and data applications. The Treo 755p also features Google Maps for mobile, MiniSD memory card expansion, 1.3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets.
 The Treo 755p features one of the best keyboards on the market, as well as easily accessible controls throughout. See it in detail. |
 Send and receive documents, music, pictures, and other files via email, and AutoSync it with your Outlook email. |
 Phone, email, messaging and more, all in one. |
 Listen to songs and podcasts. |
 Snap pictures and shoot video. |
 Text like crazy on the easy-type keyboard. |
 Be mobile. Browse mobile. |
If your laptop is Bluetooth enabled, you can connect the Treo 755p wirelessly and enjoy dial-up networking (DUN)--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server--using Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network, which is available in more than 11,000 cities and 1,000 airports. With the power of EV-DO, you can also stream audio or video--such as from Sprint TV--or download ringtones, pictures, and video clips to your Treo smartphone or a MiniSD expansion card (sold separately). Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps.
Design
At 5.64 ounces (160 grams), the 755p sheds nearly 12 percent of the 700p's weight (6.4 ounces), and it feels less bulkier in your pocket without the antenna stub. Under the hood, the Treo 680 features Palm OS 5.4.9, 64MB of non-volatile flash memory available for user storage, and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. It also features a 320 x 320-pixel color touchscreen, full QWERTY backlit keypad, and application buttons (which are customizable). The expansion card slot is compatible with MiniSD cards, and supports up to 2 GB of memory (memory cards sold separately).
Other design features include an infrared port for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer. A five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions, while quick application buttons on either side of the navigator get you to your favorite applications in a snap. The left side of the unit features a volume up/down toggle plus a handy user-customizable button that can be assigned to any phone or PDA function. The rear of the Treo 755p houses a loudspeaker, as well as the VGA camera unit. A touch-screen stylus can be tucked away on the right side of the phone. Meanwhile, a combined charging, data, and accessory attachment port is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.
Calling and PDA Features
All of the Treo 755p's phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. For instance, you can type in the name or initials of a contact on the keypad to dial them. Or, use the touch-screen and stylus to copy information from an email and quickly paste it into another email or text message. You can view messages waiting in a preemptive alert window, and the favorites view is now in one vertical easy-to-see list. A large onscreen dial pad can be accessed on the color touch screen, and you don't need to go to another application to access the contact list--calling and contacts are all completely integrated. All of the latest phone features folks expect are built-in, too, like a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode and picture caller ID. The capacity of the unit's address book is only limited by the amount of internal and expansion memory available.
The Treo 755p is also a fully functional Palm OS device. That means that a huge library of applications, from spreadsheets to word processors to games, can be added to the Treo 755p. Download, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files, rehearse a PowerPoint presentation, even review PDF files, directly on the 755p's touchscreen. It's easy to perform multiple tasks like checking your calendar while talking on the phone or dialing calls directly from your contacts list. Familiar Palm OS software ships with the handset including calendar, calculator, clock, contacts, memo, and task management applications. Meanwhile, the unit's memory expansion slot allows you to transfer music, photos, and video from your desktop. Or, use it to load additional games and applications.
Fun and Games
The integrated VGA digital camera included with the Treo 755p sports a 2x digital zoom, features automatic light balancing, can be used to capture video with 352 x 288 pixel resolution, and is outfitted with a handy self-portrait mirror function. If you want to take your tunes with you, the Treo 755p comes with the PocketTunes application, allowing you to load up all your favorite music on MiniSD memory cards, and enjoy MP3 music on the go. Plus, with the ever-expanding library of Palm OS compatible games and other entertainment applications, you'll never be at a loss for something fun to do during break time.
Vital Statistics
The Treo 755p weighs 5.64 ounces and measures 2.3 x 4.4 x 0.84 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.2 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies for voice and CDMA2000 EV-DO for data. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
Customer Reviews
Sprint phone, Sprint service: If you have them, post here. Otherwise, DON'T
First off, I'd like to say that I do own this phone (well, it's blue, not burgundy) and have the Sprint service, and so far I really love both. I upgraded from a Treo 650 (had a 600 before that) and it's a huge difference. The Bluetooth works much better with my car, Google Maps combined with the super-fast Sprint EV-DO service (at least where I am) is amazing, and I have multiple bars in many places that T-Mobile prepaid (which I'm phasing out now) didn't reach at all.
Now for the complaining part. Sorry, but this is bugging me no end. Three of the eight reviews for the Sprint Treo 755P here were written by Verizon customers. A fourth was written by someone who never got the phone but was complaining about Sprint's poor treatment of him.
I'm assuming this is partly Amazon's fault, but I'm really tired of seeing negative reviews (and 1-star ratings that pull down the average) that have nothing to do with the product I'm trying to learn more about.
I Phone?... Bah!!!
I phone... Bah! (AT&T- what!?!?!) Blackberry... crackberry (you need an extra paid service on top of you phone service to use). Treo- QWERTY keyboard, NO extra fee, and can be used on all the good cell providers (read: NOT AT & T). Why all the ATT bashing? Simple, they have the WORST customer service, TERRIBLE coverage, and I think their corporate HQ is located on the 4th floor of the Deathstar. Oh yeah, since my name is DADIFIED, let's sdiscuss how this thing has revolutionized parenthood (atleast in my world) - especially for a stay-at-home, self employed all around media guy/dad. The Treo 755 is tough- my kid has tossed this thing more than a salad. It's convenient- email, web, phone-text, all in one, so I check email on the sly without arrousing a round of whining to watch basketball on you tube! I mean, come on, folks- isn't this new generation a trip? YOU TUBE? In fact we don't even have "old" TV anymore- who needs to pay $63 a month to rehash what's on the internet for free? But check my review of you tube programming for that... So, why not 5 stars? Well, gotta give it to iPhone for their "real" browser, and the lack of Wi-fi is irksome, but not a deal breaker... Anyways, TREO 755- awesome. Buy it!
Be careful if you buy this product
After waiting for years and Verizon to get a Palm OS product with a phone (Verizon is always behind on the latest phones), I bought the Treo 755p. I am very dissapointed with it. After I signed a contract for it at Verizon, I found out it will not do V-Cast, Navigation, Voice Dial, Television and other things I thought that a $549 product should do. They offered to "downgrade" my phone to something that would work, but they all had Windows Mobile on them, which I hate. I like the clerks excuss that noboby wants voice dial on their phones anymore, what a crock. The keyboard buttons are tiny if you have big hands like mine and hard to press and operate with even two hands. Forget one hand operation.
The vioce dial programs you can down load for $20 bucks are marginal and take over the camera button on the side of the phone.
If you think you want one of these, no matter what phone vendor you go through, make sure you ask what it will do and will not do because you may find yourself very dissapointed.
Also, they will tell you that you must purchase the $45 a month Web/Broadband package to get the phone, you don't if you argue with them long enough.
